Mahler - Symphony no.5
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900150
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 28th July 2017
Contents
Artists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Mariss JansonsWorks
Symphony no.5 in C sharp minorArtists
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
Mariss JansonsAbout
The Fifth ranks today as one of Mahler's most popular symphonies. This is due in part to Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice, which used the symphony’s world-famous Adagietto to great effect: the movement enjoyed unanimous approval from the very start, and has now advanced to become Mahler's ‘greatest hit’ and the most famous work in his entire oeuvre.
In its structure, the symphony does not follow the classic four-movement form, but presents us with five movements in three sections. Conceptually, Mahler relies on methods he had already tried and tested in the work’s great predecessors, the Second and Third Symphonies. The centerpiece of the work is a lengthy scherzo full of grotesque humour, inspired by Jean Paul, while its resting-point is the Adagietto, which certainly bears many of the hallmarks of Mahler's slow movements. The harsher sound of this symphony ushered in a new creative phase for Mahler – one that he developed further in the Sixth. The maximum use he makes of the tonal means available already clearly anticipates the Ninth, in which he begins to abandon tonality altogether and encompass the transcendental aspect of the music. This Munich concert event of March 2016, now released as a CD by BR Klassik, is an outstanding interpretation of one of the most important compositions of the international symphonic repertoire of the early 20th century.
Gustav Mahler himself feared that the ‘chaos!’ in his Fifth Symphony would deeply unsettle his audiences. Experience Mahler’s ‘universe of sound’ with Jansons and his orchestra.
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